NMH roles – mandatory qualifications and professional body membership for DSAs-fundable NMH

BAND ONE Role Qualification Professional body membership Practical support assistant None None Library support assistant None None GCSE English Language or equivalent grade C or above None Scribe GCSE English Language or equivalent grade C or above None Workshop / laboratory assistant None None Sighted guide None None Proof-reader / text checker GCSE English Language or equivalent grade C or above None BAND TWO Role Qualification Professional body membership Note taker Note taker level 2 qualification or equivalent None Study assistant None None Examination Support Worker None None

Mandatory criteria for NMH registration Owner: BIS Date: 22/01/2016 Version: 1.3 Status: Final v1.3

BAND THREE Role Qualification Professional body membership Communication • Signature Level 3 Certificate in Communication Support None at this stage Support Worker for Deaf Learners OR • Level 4 Communication Support Worker ( of Greenwich) OR • Equivalent old Edexcel course. Lip speaker • Signature Level 3 Certificate in Lip speaking None at this stage Electronic Note Taker • CACDP qualification; OR None at this stage (for HI students) • Signature NVQ 2 electronic notetaking; OR • Level 3 certificate in facilitating communication with deaf people (notetaking skills); OR • Open College Network London Region (OCNLR) Action on Hearing Loss, Stereotype Electronic Notetaker for VI • Level 3 qualification in notetaking for VI students (OCN / None at this stage students requiring Braille Laser / or equivalent) Specialist Transcription Service • None specified at this stage None at this stage Mobility Trainer • BSc (hons) degree rehabilitation work (visual None at this stage impairment); OR • Specialist Qualification in and Disability in Sight (CYP) – from the Institute of ; OR • Certification in Habilitation Studies; OR • foundation degree rehabilitation work (visual impairment) OR • in in Rehabilitation work (visual impairment) OR • BTEC Professional Diploma in rehabilitation studies(Visual Impairment) BAND FOUR

Mandatory criteria for NMH registration Owner: BIS Date: 22/01/2016 Version: 1.3 Status: Final v1.3

Role Qualification Professional body membership Specialist mentor • Membership of professional body sufficient Must have professional membership (not (mental health condition) associate membership) of: • British Psychological Society Chartered Member (CPsychol)/ IAPT register/ Graduate Member (MBPsS) AND also PG qualification in Psychology or Mental Health, OR • Health and Care Professions Council ( HCPC) (Arts Therapist/ Occupational Therapist/ Practitioner Psychologist/ Social worker in ), OR • Social worker body for Scotland SSSC/ Wales CCWales/ NI (NISCC), OR • General Medical Council (GMC) – Psychiatry, OR • Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) – Mental Health Nurse/ community Mental Health nurse / Psychiatric Nurse, OR • UMHAN member, OR • BACP individual or MBACP, OR • UKCP full clinical individual member, OR • IACP accredited member, OR • COSCA accredited member, OR • FDAP (NCAC), OR British Psychoanalytic council – under a member institution, OR • Association of Child Psychotherapists , • BABCP accreditation Specialist mentor (ASD) • Holds a degree; AND National Autistic Society training, None at this stage

Mandatory criteria for NMH registration Owner: BIS Date: 22/01/2016 Version: 1.3 Status: Final v1.3

OR • Holds a PG Certificate in Autism. Specialist one-to-one study • Membership of professional body sufficient Must have professional membership (not skills support (SpLD) associate membership) of: • PATOSS, OR • BDA Professional, OR • ADSHE, OR • Dyslexia Guild Specialist one-to-one study • Holds a degree AND National Autistic Society training None at this stage skills support (ASD) AND a teaching qualification OR • Holds a PG Certificate in Autism AND a teaching qualification

BSL interpreter (HI/MSI) • NRCPD Registered Qualified BSL interpreter • AND NRCPD registration as TSLI or RSLI

Language support tutor for the • To be confirmed • To be confirmed deaf AT trainers None specified at this stage None at the stage

Mandatory criteria for NMH registration Owner: BIS Date: 22/01/2016 Version: 1.3 Status: Final v1.3